Brooklyn based producer/ guitarist Derek VanScoten (aka D.V.S*) creates that elevated feeling in the listener’s chest with his guitar-soaked experimental dance beats. He currently has music released on Soulection, 1320 Records, Gravitas Recordings, Daly City, Electronic Musician Magazine, and his own label, Octave Memory Tapes. Over the past few years, Derek has spent considerable time on the road with electronic acts Random Rab, Tycho, Bluetech, Tipper, FreQnasty, Big Gigantic, Lotus, MartyParty, emancipator, Ana Sia, Beats Antique, and EOTO. No stranger to the live band scene, he has also performed as a respected multi-instrumentalist with acts as diverse as DJ Logic, Devotchka, The Motet, and the Boulder Philharmonic. While his current beatsmithing pushes the boundaries of futuristic rhythms and timbres, Derek hasn’t always experienced music via a laptop. Influences include 19th century romantic music, motown, swing, bossa nova, afrobeat, traditional folk music from multiple cultures, hip hop, and of